Jepri Maulana, An Orphan in Dusun Melepah, Gumantar Village, Kayangan, North Lombok

Date of visit: 21st February 2019

Name: Jepri Maulana (M / 8 years / elementary school 2nd grade)

Address: Dusun Melepah, Gumantar Village, Kayangan District, North Lombok Regency

Grandfather’s name: Sinom (M / 90s)

Occupation: backyard farmer

Telephone number that can be contacted:

0852-0513-5100 – Haerul Basri, Jepri’s school teacher.
0823-3910-4627 – Yulian Wahyudi Kadriadi (Adi), Volunteer BCC in North Lombok

Category: orphans

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Jepri Maulana lives with his grandfather and grandmother, his father and mother died when Jepri was still a baby. The distance to school from his home is around 150 meters, Jepri goes to school on foot.

Source of income:

His grandfather and grandmother grow bananas, cocoa, coconuts etc. in their yard which later are sold to buy rice. The harvest of the yard is not much because it is a small yard. “If there is no money – I owe it in the stall first,” they said.
To get additional income, he also raises several chickens.
He received 5 kg of rice-for-the-poor (Raskin) assistance from the government per month.

Cost of living:

Free school fees. Pay clothes and book money once a year or if necessary.
Pocket money: Rp. 2,000 – 5,000 per day.

Housing conditions: their house was affected by the 2018 earthquake, they rebuilt their house using the building materials that could still be used.

Number of bedrooms: 1
Number of cots / beds: 1
Number of mattresses: 1
In the living room there is also a bed with a mat without a cot or mattress.
Cement floor
Woven bamboo walls
Roof of zinc
Other rooms: kitchen
Electricity exists
Water from mountain source water pipes – water only available during the rainy season
Land status: owned